Active Learning Activities

PatientGPT: Using AI to Compile Mental Health Case Studies

Student groups will generate an assigned patient profile and care plan by using AI, verify the references and present.

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out Membrane Transport

Aim of the activity is to increase students’ understanding of molecules’ movement through the cell membrane.

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Disappearing Sea Otters

Darwin’s Finches: Natural Selection

How to Read a Research Article

Bottle Rocket Tracker

Falling Object Tracker

Dart Gun Velocity

Cycles of Matter

Muscle Snowballs

Projectile Tracker

Energy Tracker